
These animators (I am talking to you, Mo Willems and John Rocco) who write picture books have a special gift of pacing. I would never deprive a reader that exquisite pleasure of reading a book and guffawing at the twists and turns it takes. I sure as heck wasn’t giving away the ending to this book. I promise you that kids are going to want to read it over and over, ” I laughed.

After I commented on the book, she said, “I’ve read a lot about this book, but I have not had time to read it yet.”

The bookseller at my local store was frantically restocking after the grand opening weekend and was making room to face out Jon Klassen’s wickedly funny I Want My Hat Back.
